Beer Bloggers Check In From the Road
Members of the blogging community have been on the road, and sending back reports of their travels. The Beer Brothaventured north of the border and did some beer hunting in Toronto. There he met up with a bottle of Deus, a biere de Champagne….On his way to attend a book signing in Santa Cruz, a blogger at Brewed for Thought found himself a couple of pints….DraftMag.com took a Friday field trip to Toronado, which resulted in a video tour of the establishment….And TravelAddict.com has a photo-filled account of the Anheuser-Busch brewery tour in St. Louis. Maryanne and Paul took the tour last year. They highly recommend it, even if Bud isn’t your tipple of choice.
The Friday Mash
Here are some stories that attracted our attention this past week:
Two members of Washington State’s brewing community have passed away: Dick Young, the founder of the eponymous Dick’s Brewing Company, and Brian Sollenberger, the co-founder of Diamond Knot Brewery….Toronado, the famous beer bar in San Francisco, has opened a second location in San Diego….If you live in the Bay Area, check out Beer by BART, a listing of bars and brewpubs within walking distance of a BART station. Now if only the trains would run past midnight….The Kalmanovitz Charitable Foundation is putting Pabst Brewing up for sale. If you’ve got $300 million lying around, you could be the proud new owner.
Follow-ups on a couple of stories we’ve blogged:
Now that Rock Art has settled its trademark dispute, it has released its winter ale. And Volo, a Toronto beer bar, has announced the winners of its Cask Days festival.